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divers aspects, and in one and all it appears to be based on the soundest principles, in strict accordance Summary of with the general teaching of Holy Scripture, sup- for resisting ported by the consent of the Universal Church, and change. best calculated to uphold the purity of family life. Nothing that we have ever heard in favour of withdrawing its imposed restrictions can have even a feather's weight against such considerations. ever much the conditions of life in this country may change in coming years, it is a thing to be constantly prayed for, that herein at least England will be true to her history through all the Christian centuries, and continue as hitherto to "stand in the way and ask for the old paths."

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INDEX

ACT of Parliament for divorce in Basil, S., Letter of, to Amphilochius,
1857, 181.

Adultery a capital offence with the
Jews, 19.

Akiva, Rabbi, on divorce, 41.
Alexius, Canons of, on marriage of
divorced persons, 151.

Allen, Dr. Nathan, on American
divorces, 188, 192.

Ambrose, S., on divorce, 135.

-on equality of husband and wife,

136.

Andrewes, Bishop, on Scripture dis-
crepancies, 51.

Androgynous, man's nature at first,

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119.

to Diodorus, 272, 320.
Benedictions, Jewish nuptial, 41.
British Medical Journal on physio-
logical reasons for prohibited de-
grees, 262.

CANA of Galilee, Christ's presence at
43.

Canons of 1603 on divorce, 177.

the apostolic, 89, 269.

Catharine, Queen, the divorce of, 296.
Cato and Cicero on divorce, 42.
Charlemagne's divorce, 156.
Capitulary, 157.

Chothen, English translation of, 219.

Aquinas, S. Thomas, and the School- Chrysostom, S.,evidence of, on divorce

men, 162.

-on dispensations, 286.

Archbishop of Rheims on remarriage,
158.

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often misinterpreted, 123-6.
Clemens Alexandrinus on divorce, 85.

on second marriages, 280.

Cnut, King, laws of, 171.

Concessive Legislation, instances of,
257.

Connivance of the English Church at
divorce, 198.

Constantine, his conversion and half-
hearted belief, 103-5.

his desire to harmonise the laws
of the Church and State, 103.
the edict of, 112, 114.

Cornelius a Lapide, 161.
Cosin, Bishop, his carelessness in
quoting authorities, 115.

mischievous consequences of this,

116.

324

Councils on divorce and remarriage | Divorce, misinterpretations o

of Agde, 276.

Arles, 99.

Auvergne, 276.

Auxerre, 276.

Carthage, 44, 147

Eanham, 171, 294.

Elvira or Iliberis, 268.

Epaone, 276.

later Rabbis, 36.

Jewish formula of, 34.

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Denmark, 182.

Germany, 181, 191.

Switzerland, 191,

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Hermingard, the Lombardic Prin- Lactantius influenced by Constan-

cess, 156.

High Priest's restriction in marriage,13.

Hilary, the Deacon, 137.

tine, 112.

Legislation, concessive, instances of,

257.

Hindu Law on the Levirate marriage, Leo the Great opposes the laxity of

217, 241.

Hobab's right relationship to Moses,

219.

Honorius, legislation of, 147.

illegal marriage of, 271.

Hosius of Cordova, 97.

Husband, Hebrew equivalents of, 30.

ILIBERIS, Council of, 96.

the civil law, 160.

Levirate Law, the, 240.

not Jewish in its origin, 241.

Levitical Code of Marriage, 215-7.
Leviticus xviii. 18, according to

Jewish interpretation, 226-7.
London, speech by the Bishop of,
316.

Imperial Court removed from Rome, Lothair, King, repudiates Theut-
berga, 158.

109.

- legislation on forbidde degrees,
270.

Inchastity before marriage, 20.

Innocent Pope, on divorce, 145.
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JEROME, S., on the case of Fabiola,
131.

Jehoiada and Joash, 14.

John, King, repudiated his wife and
married again, 172.

Jurists, French, on the Code Napo-
leon, 254.

Justin Martyr on divorce, 84.
Justinian, code of, 149.

KARAITE Rabbis on Levit. xviii. 18,
228.

Kethuboth, 17.
Kiddushin, 17.

Kin, near of, its meaning, 224.
Kings of Israel, number of wives
allowed to, 14.

Kur'an forbids marriage with a de-
ceased wife's sister, 228.

LACTANTIUS, the first advocate for
remarriage of the innocent party,
109.

his right to remarry questioned,

158.

L'tseror, various meanings of, 231.
Lycurgus on marriage with a half-
sister, 214.

Lyndhurst, Lord, his Act, 300.

Lord Campbell's views on, 301.
MACCLESFIELD, the Earl of, disregards
the Ecclesiastical Court, 179.
Maimonides on Leviticus xviii. 18,
227.

Marriage Licences for divorced per-
sons, 200-1.

Michaelis on marriage with two
sisters, 229.

influence of, 290, 309.
Milton on relaxing Marriage Laws,
178.

Mishnah, the, on marriage, 17, 247.
Mocheia, the proper meaning of,
56-7.

Moses, concessive legislation of, 45.
Mount Ebal, curses on certain unions
pronounced on, 219.
NAPOLEON, Code, 310.
Nestorians, Canon Law of, 153.

- against remarriage, 153.

his doubtful position between Niece, marriage with a, 270.

the East and West, 110.

not a theologian, 112.

Roman law concerning, 270.
imperial legislation on, 271.

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